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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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96 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation competewithChinafortheregionsresourcesandChinadoesnotintendtoexert itspoliticalinfluenceontheregion.NiuHaibin Chapter3 takesapositiveand optimisticviewoffutureSinoLatinAmericanrelations.HearguesthatSinoLatin Americancooperationhasglobalimplicationsintheareasofclimatechange food security energysecurityandtherebuildingoftheinternationaleconomicsystem. Financialandmutualinvestmentcooperationwillmakethebilateralrelationshipmore balancedandsustainable.Bothcanlearnfrom eachotherwithregardtotheir developmentexperiences.AstothethirdpartyfactorintheSinoLatin American relationship hearguesthatallsidesshouldfollowlogicofglobalisationandwinwin thinkingratherthancompetitionbetweenspheresofinfluence. FromtheperspectiveofLatin Americanscholars Ruizpointsoutthat ChinaspresenceinLatinAmericaisbothfearedandneeded Chapter4 .China hasaclearerunderstandingoftheregionsdiversityandhasmoreincommon withtheregionthantheEUwithregardtotheinternationalsystem.Besidesthe economicinfluence shepointsoutthatChinaspoliticalinfluenceshouldbe noted.Atthesametime RuizarguesthatChinawillnotbeasubstituteforthe USandtheEUbecauserealinterestsandvaluesmustbethebasisforLatin Americasrelationswithotherregionsandcountries. 2.犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚狊犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊狑犻狋犺狋犺犲犈犝犪狀犱犆犺犻狀犪 ManyexpertsarguethattheEUstraderelationshipwithMERCOSURhas NorthSouth character butalso underlinethatthe ChinaMERCOSUR relationshiphassimilarcharacteristic.BarralandRibeiro Chapter5 suggest thatMERCOSURsintegrationintotheChineseeconomyinthefirstdecadeof thetwentyfirstcenturyseemstobereminiscentofa NorthSouth paradigm typicalof the nineteenth century:the exchange of raw materials and manufacturedproducts.MERCOSURhaswitnessednotonlyboomingtradewith China butalsochallengestotheregionslocalindustriesandcompetitionin exportstothird markets.However theauthorsdonotobjecttotrade with China andtheyarguethatMERCOSURshouldmaintainthistraderelationship whileincreasingthecompetitivenessofitsindustrialproducts.CarvalloSpalding Chapter6 agreeswiththeaboveargumentsandfurthersuggeststhatrelations with Chinaareevolvinginto cooperation on valueadded production and infrastructure.Hesuggeststhat MERCOSURshouldusedesignpoliciesto enhance education infrastructure innovation favourable investment environmentand cooperation betweenthe publicand privatesectors.Lu Guozheng too emphasisesthispositiveattitudetothefuturedevelopmentof MERCOSURChinarelationsinChapter7.